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  • ATI to Help DARPA Craft On-Orbit Satellite Servicing Safety Standards
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    ATI to Help DARPA Craft On-Orbit Satellite Servicing Safety Standards

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Summerville, South Carolina-based Advanced Technology International a $2.6 million contract under a program that seeks to develop consensus-based safety and technical standards for on-orbit robotic satellite servicing operations. The Phase I contract awarded to ATI is part of DARPA’s Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations […] More

  • Australia Unveils Collins-Class Submarine Sustainment Projects
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    Australia Unveils Collins-Class Submarine Sustainment Projects

    The Australian government has introduced two projects to sustain the country’s Collins-class submarine fleet before the arrival of replacement submarines. Australia’s defense department said Wednesday the first project aims to mitigate control system obsolescence issues and the second project seeks to update submarine communications systems. The department selected the Australian subsidaries of Saab and Raytheon to support control and communications […] More

  • CenturyLink Unveils New Center to Facilitate IT Devt Collaboration; Erich Sanchack Comments
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    CenturyLink Unveils New Center to Facilitate IT Devt Collaboration; Erich Sanchack Comments

    CenturyLink has opened a new facility in Arlington, Virginia, that seeks to provide the company and its partners a workspace to build and demonstrate platforms and capabilities designed to help federal agency clients meet information technology requirements and implement digital transformation initiatives, ExecutiveBiz has learned. Erich Sanchack, senior vice president and general manager of CenturyLink’s […] More

  • MDA Taps Strategic Alliance Business Group for Facility Operations Support Contract
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    MDA Taps Strategic Alliance Business Group for Facility Operations Support Contract

    The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Strategic Alliance Business Group a potential five-year, $34.3 million contract to help manage all aspects of MDA facility operations. SABG will also provide operational requirement planning support to help MDA ensure availability of facilities as well as support the agency’s corporate and regulatory compliance efforts, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work […] More

  • Intellicheck Appoints Bill White as Interim President, CEO
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    Intellicheck Appoints Bill White as Interim President, CEO

    Bill White, chief financial officer of Intellicheck over the past five years, has been named interim president and CEO of the threat identification technology provider. Jericho, New York-based Intellicheck said Wednesday White succeed William Roof, who has retired from the company at the request of its board of directors. White will also continue his duties as CFO as Intellicheck […] More

  • CSRA’s Christian Marrone Named GW Cyber & Homeland Security Center Senior Fellow
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    CSRA’s Christian Marrone Named GW Cyber & Homeland Security Center Senior Fellow

    Christian Marrone, external relations senior vice president and chief of staff at CSRA, has been named by the George Washington University as a senior fellow at its Center for Cyber and Homeland Security for a two-year term that began this month. Marrone will provide counsel and contribute to the center’s policy task forces and projects; serve as […] More

  • Sevatec Re-Awarded USCIS Data, Business Intelligence Support Task Order
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    Sevatec Re-Awarded USCIS Data, Business Intelligence Support Task Order

    Sevatec has received a follow-on task order to provide analytics and business intelligence support for the enterprise data warehouse at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The company said Wednesday it will use agile development, DevOps and data science methods to help USCIS manage information technology systems and applications. Work under the Data and Business Intelligence Support Services III […] More

  • General Dynamics Unit to Produce Grenade Training Cartridges for Army
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    General Dynamics Unit to Produce Grenade Training Cartridges for Army

    General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) ordnance and tactical systems business unit has received a $17 million contract option from the U.S. Army for the production of grenade training cartridges. The company said Tuesday General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems will manufacture the 40-millimeter M781E1 Low Velocity Day/Night/Thermal training cartridge for the Army’s simulated tactical exercises using M203 and M320 low-velocity grenade […] More

  • IDC Ranks Unisys Among Top Federal IT Vendors; PV Puvvada Comments
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    IDC Ranks Unisys Among Top Federal IT Vendors; PV Puvvada Comments

    An IDC Government Insights report has designated Unisys as one of the top information technology enterprise companies that serve the U.S. federal government. Unisys said Wednesday it ranked eighth in the 2017 IDC Federal IT Rankings based on the company’s revenues from government IT products and services. “We are pleased that leading analysts and thought leaders in the federal […] More

  • DOE Taps Leidos to Support National Surveys on Commercial Building Energy Consumption
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    DOE Taps Leidos to Support National Surveys on Commercial Building Energy Consumption

    Leidos has received a four-year, $25 million task order from the Energy Department to support two national surveys on energy consumption in commercial buildings across U.S. The company said Tuesday it will lead program management, project control and risk management of the 2018 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey and 2018 Commercial Buildings Energy Supplier Survey. […] More

  • Insitu-Esri Team Demos UAV Platform in Firefighting Mission
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    Insitu-Esri Team Demos UAV Platform in Firefighting Mission

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary and Esri have collaborated to conduct test flights of an unmanned aerial vehicle technology that was equipped with geographic information system designed to aid firefighting missions. The flights took place at a Federal Aviation Administration test range in Warm Springs, Oregon, and sought to demonstrate the potential of ScanEagle UAS to help firefighters and fire […] More

  • CSRA Subsidiary Lands 5-Year EPA Analytics, Engineering Support Extension
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    CSRA Subsidiary Lands 5-Year EPA Analytics, Engineering Support Extension

    A CSRA subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $24.5 million contract to provide a range of support services to the engineering and analysis division of the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water. SRA International will help OW design and implement studies as well as develop and validate laboratory methods for environmental sample analysis under the follow-on contract, […] More